The Middlebury Campus
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE, MIDDLEBURY, VERMONT. MARCH 15, 1956
Brooker To Assist
president On Fund
Nelson To Be
Council Head
Of New WUA
Conference Opens
Tomorrow Evening
Sandra Nelson ‘57 has been elect¬
ed president of the Women’s Un¬
dergraduate Association for the
1956-57 term, according to an an¬
nouncement made last week by
Ann Case ‘56, outgoing president.
Margaret Zornow ‘57 is the new
chief justice.
The new officers were elected
last Tuesday and Wednesday and
will assume their duties April 12.
As WUA president, Miss Nelson
will be chairman of the Executive
Council, which will be selected in
dormitory elections after room
drawing. A secretary and treasurer
will be elected from that group.
The new president is resident of
Princeton, N. J. A member of
bigina Kappa sorority, she has been
on the Women’s Assembly for two
years. She was sophomore class
secretary and chairman of the
WUA Constitution Committee, and
this year is serving on Junior
Council. Miss Nelson has also been
active on Women’s Forum and the
Debate Team.
Miss Zornow, who lives in Pitts-
ford, N. Y„ is treasurer of Wig and
Pen. vice-president of WUA. and
secretary of the Student Life Com¬
mittee. A member of WAA and
Delta Delta Delta, she was vice-
president of her freshman class and
president of her sophomore class.
To Assume New Post Of Executive
Assistant; Development Is First Aim
Walter E. Brooker, of Wellesley, Mass., will become executive as¬
lant to the president of the College and will direct the Middlebury
College placement fund, it was announced this week by President Sam-
jjj! s. stratiton. Brooker, a 1937 Middlebury graduate, has been active
u alumni affairs since his graduation. For more than ten years he has
Dgjn associated with the Curtis Publishing Co,, as Boston, Mass., adver¬
ting representative. He will assume his duties later this month, Strat-
Rossiter. Douglas To Speak At 8:30;
Chalmers, Lerner, Panel To Follow
Mlddlebury’s fourteenth annual Conference will begin tomorrow eve¬
ning at 8:30 in the High School gymnasium. Speakers participating in
the forum on "The New Conservatism” will be Supreme Court Justice
William O. Douglas, Gordon Keith Chalmers, Clinton Rossiter, and Max
Lerner.
The 1956 Conference wall feature a format which differs substantially
from that of previous years. The new schedule lists only four speakers,
who will present their views individually and in a panel discussion. Ros¬
siter and Douglas will each speak for 45 minutes Friday night, followed
by Chalmers ar.d Lerner Saturday morning at 10:15. Robert Babcock, pro¬
fessor of political science at the University of Vermont, will moderate the
panel discussion at 1:30 p.m. The traditional Sunday morning summation
has been abolished, as has the keynote speech previously delivered on
Friday evening.
9 Clinton Rossiter, professor of go-
1 vernment at Cornell University, is
widely known for his latest book
‘‘Conservatism in America.” He is
Director of the Survey of Com¬
munist Influence in American Life,
sponsored by the Fund for the Re¬
public. Educated at Cornell Uni¬
versity and Princeton University,
he is a member of Phi Beta Kappa,
and was a Guggenheim Fellow in
1953-1954. His next book, “The
: American Presidency,” is to appear
| in May.
Douglas was named associate
justice of the Supreme Court of
the United States in 1939. Educated
at Whitman College and Columbia
Law School, Douglas taught at the
law schools of Columbia and Yale
before his appointment to the
, Court. A Phi Beta Kappa, he is a
well-known author and world
A native of Pittsfield, Mass.,
I Brooker entered Middlebury in
1933. Upon graduating he took a
position as claims adjuster and
salesman for the Liberty Mutual
Life Insurance Co. in Boston and
Manchester, N. H. He served as a
lieutenant in the U. S. Naval Re-
i serve between 1942 and 1946.
He took his position with the
! Curtis Publishing Co., in 1946. Mar¬
ried in 1938 to the former Barbara
A. Carrick, Brooker is the father
of twin boys. , •
From 1952 until 1955, Brooker
was national chairman for the
Middlebury College Alumni Fund
I drive. Upon assuming his position
with the College, Stratton said,
; Brooker’s duties will be primarily
concerned with the development
program at present.
As a Middlebury undergraduate,
Brooker was captain of both the
varsity track team and the cross
country team. He was seoretary of
his class and a member of Blue
Key He was also a member of
Beta Kappa fraternity.
Brooker’s duties as development
fund director will, to some extent
fill a position left vacant at the
death of Stanley V. Wright. Other
aspects of the alumni relations job
have been assumed by Gordon
Perine, recently-named director of
alumni relations.
Walter Brooker
College Admitted
To Tuition Plan
Middlebury College has joined the
tuition exchange plan, which pro¬
vides tuition benefits for faculty
and staff children, it was announ¬
ced last week by President Samuel
S. Stratton.
Under the plan, children of full¬
time faculty members and some staff
members may become eligible for
remitted tuition at other colleges
which are also members of the plan.
For many years, tuition has been
remitted for children of faculty
and staff members attending Mid-
dlebury. Stratton said this policy
will remain unchanged with mem¬
bership in the exchange program.
At the present time almost 200
colleges and universities throughout
the country are members of the
plan. Other Vermont colleges in¬
cluded in the exchange plan are the
University of Vermont and Benning¬
ton College.
With the plan in operation, chil¬
dren of faculty and staff members
at these oolleges may receive tui¬
tion remissions at Middlebury.
traveler. Among his works are ‘‘Being an American” (1948), “Beyond
the High Himalayas” (1952), and “An Almanac of Liberty” (1954),
Chalmers, also a Phi Beta Kappa, is President of Kenyon College, di¬
rector of the College English Association, and a member of the Amer¬
ican Association of Rhodes Scholars. He is also a member of the Com¬
mission on Liberal Education of the Association of American Colleges,
and was the founder of the School and College Study of Admission with
Advanced Standing. Chalmers was educated at Brown University and
Oxford, and holds doctorate degrees from Harvard, Hobart, Brown, Rock¬
ford, and Notre Dame. He served as president of Rockford College for
three years, before becoming president of Kenyon in 1937.
Lerner is professor of American Civilization at Bramdeis University
and a New York Post columnist.
Edward Schwerdtle ‘56 and Leigh Updike ‘56, co-chairmen of the con¬
ference, also announced that banquet for the speakers and the Fac¬
ulty-Student Policy Committee will be held in Forest East dining hall
at 8:30 p.m. Saturday.
Six Middlebury College students
confessed last Tuesday to entering
the apartment home of Bernard A.
Fusaro, instructor of mathematics
and drafting, early Saturday mor¬
ning. The men escaped after a
itruggle with Fusaro. All were sus¬
pended Tuesday.
Of the fix men involved, Fred¬
erick Gruman ‘58, owner of the
car, involved, was expelled and
two others were suspended until
January. 1957. They are Donald
Gibb ‘56 and Peter Redman ‘57.
Three other men were placed on
disciplinary probation until Feb¬
ruary, 1957. They are Alexander
Carley ‘57, Kendell Farrar ‘57 and
Oliver Morton '57.
All .six faced criminal charges in
Middlebury yesterday afternoon.
Redman and Gibb, the two involved
in the struggle with Fusaro, plead¬
ed nolo and were fined $50 apiece,
plus court costs. The others oil
pleaded guilty, and were fined $25
apiece. Costs were imposed at
t8.20 for each of the men.
Fusaro told police and College
offi ials that a single man knocked
a t the door of his apartment at
South Main St. shortly before 1
a.m .Saturday. Mrs Fusaro went to
the door, he said. The man asked
&bou : the location of another apart-
niei in the same building, and
M: Fusaro told them she believed
* was at the frontf of the house.
Af'.-a he answer, she said, the man
left.
Some 15 minutes later, alter the
Fusaros had gone to bed, she
stated she heard a noise and awak¬
ened Fusaro. He investigated and'
said he discovered “three or four
tnen" in the living room. He said
he told them to "get out," then
brushed against one of the invaders
and "grabbed” hCm. He stated that
another of the men attacked him,
w 'hile the rest apparently fled. He
struggled onto the porch with the
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Cast Announced
For Spring Play
Clark McCutcheon ‘56 and Helen
Johnson ‘56 will play the leading
roles in Wig -and Pen“s spring
play "Six Characters in Search of
an Author” it was announced this
week by Eric T. Volkert, associate
professor of drama and director of
the play.
McCutcheon will play the role of
the Father and Miss Johnson will
*be the Mother in the play, to be
produced May 10 and 11. The play
will also be presented as the gra¬
duation play, June 9.
Others in, the oast are Mary La-
Pierre ‘57 Step Daughter; George
Simms ‘59, Son; Robert Morris
'56. Boy; Martin Hitchcock, Child;
D ana Shulman '56, Madame Pace;
George Tuttle ‘56. Manager, Vic¬
toria Grove ‘56. Leading Lady, Jo¬
seph Mohfbat ‘58, Lead; Deborah
Bruce ‘59, L’ingenue; Richard Dav¬
ison ‘56, Juvenile Lead, Merrill
Mack ‘57, Property Man; Charles
Pearson '59, Prompter; David P.
Bridges, assistant in drama, Mac¬
hinist; Ann Boyer ‘57, Manager’s
Secretary; and Roger Cellar ‘58,
Doorkeeper.
Members of the company in the
play are Charlene Scott '58. James
MacGowian ‘59, Erica Mimno 59
and Sally Williams '59.
“Six Characters in Search of an
Author,” an experimental play of
the early twentieth century by
Luigi Pirandello, is concerned wi‘h
a family of six who walk into the
rehearsal of a professional play
and demand to be written into a
drama themselves,
Hazing , Fraternity Parties
Discussed By Student Life
women s forum
Nominations Set
the four executive positions of Regan '57, president of the Intra- the assemblies are interested in
Women’s Forum was ann'ounced fraternity Council informed the taking on the duties of organizing a
this week by Nancy Warner ‘56. Committee of the Council’s action first-semester social program for the
Forum president. on the hazing problem. Stratton freshmen next year if College fund
Nominees for president are Pam- said the administration ban on haz- can be provided,
ela Clark ‘57, Margaret Houck ‘57 ing would apply only to hazing of a A discussion of the constitution
and Kathleen Platt ‘57. Nancy Gur- dangerous nature which left initi- proposed by the Veterans and Mar-
ney ‘58, Margaret McCoy '58 and ates unattended. He said that while lied Student’s Organization ended
Grace Warder '58 have been nom- | the College would like to see further with a Committee opinion that
inated for vice-president. Nomin- restrictions placed upon hazing, such groups as the one proposed
ees for seoretary include Barbara I such rules would not be imposed by under the constitution do not come
Freeman '59, Suzanne Lucas '59 the administration but tf-ould have within the ** jurisdiction of the
and Nancy Smoller ‘59. Candidates to come from the fraternities Committee as they are not of a
for treasurer are Betty Jane Davis themselves. nature approved by the College.
'57, Saibra Harwood ‘57 and Alex- The Committee also discussed the Therefore the constitution was
andrine Post ‘57. ban on Sunday afternoon fraternity turned down without a vote of the
Elections will be held on March parties. The issue was considered Committee. Several specific objec-
14 and 15, Miss Warner stated. Miss after Regan stated that several tions to the constitution were voiced
Warner urged that all Forum fraernity officers had protested the as well as the general objection to
members participate in the voting, ruling of the IFC. Stratton said he the nature of the organization.
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE, MIDDLEBURY, VERMONT, MARCH 15, 1956
THE MIDDLEBURY CAMPUS
The student newspaper of Mlddlebury College, published every Thursau
during the college year except during oftlcial college holidays Euitortal am
business office In the Student Union Building, Mlddlebury College, Mlddlebury
Vermont. Telephone - Mlddlebury 467-J.
Entered as second class matter, February 28, 1913 at the post office. Middle
bury, Vermont.
Subscription rate, $3,50 a year
Business hours - Thursday evenings from 7 to 9 P.M.
WALTER MEARS '56 Editor-ln-chlef ’
MARGARET DICKIE '56 . Managing Edito. -I
ROBERT PEATF1ELD '56. Business Manage! I
WENDY BUEHR '56 . Advertising Managei |
JUDITH PHINNEY '56 Associate Business Managei '
OLIVER MORTON '57 . Sports Editor
Compulsion And Interest
During its four-year history at Middlebury, the Reserve
Officers’ Training Corps program has continually increased
its influence and importance - perhaps too far.
ROTC came to Middlebury on an unjustifiable compuls¬
ory basis, and so it has remained. Every man meeting i,ts I
qualifications since 1952 has been forced to participate in ; Three of the four speakers who will participate in this weekend’s Middlebury Conference. Left to
the ROTC during his freshman and sophomore years - and j right, they are, William O. Douglas, Clinton Rossiter and Gordon Keitth Chalmers. Rossiter and
the College has lost several outstanding students because Of j Chalmers will uphold the conservative view in a discussion of “The New Conservatism,” while Douglas
this requirement. and Max Lemer win participate in the forum from a more liberal viewpoint.
The Corps was instituted at Middlebury during the Ko-,---
rean War, a time, obviously, of heightened international ten- : irr» « /nr ji 5 6 4/n f* „ 9? /nr /»
sions. Since 1952, however, the situation has become less History ur college s Culture conference
critical, although still dangerous. In view of the somewhat, * * 07 *
ROTC program has lost its single reasonable basis at Mid- Shows Recent Change In Attitude , Subjects
dlebury. . - I ° J
This is not to say that the College .shquld use such a By Cathy Rock have matters of topical in- of the last two years, the Confer-
program when war seems imminent — and discard it when For fourteen years Middlebury’s terest into the limelight under the ence Policy Committee has been
the danger is past. It is obvious that thei ’6 is- much value Conference has provided an• oppor- focus and direction of eminent men consciously veering away from po-
in the training offered by the Corps. Furthermore, many tunity for the student to stop and In all fields. litical subjects, and have become
colleges similar to Middlebury have long since taken upon analyze his role and status in re- Few Conclusions intent on exploring other fields,
themselves the patriotic duty of turning out a yearly group la tion to the rest of the world, None of the conferences has ter- Las1 year’s panel questioned
of Qualified officers But the value is derived and the dfrtv and 10 examine the thought pat- minated with any cut and dried whether new insights into human
°s fulfilled by those * who desire mflitary training, not those tera. of the present in Ore Ught of conclusion; indeed. M is no, their behavior have helped » hen,,
who are forced to take it. the knowledge of the past. A study function. Instead, as President meet 41116 problems of our civiliza-
Arguments for compulsory military training at Middle- 01 llie history of Conference re- Stratton once wrote, they have tion - Tbc topic to be discussed this
bnrv state that without it the ROTC could not exist There veals the growing and changing stimulated clear thinking and have weekend logically follows as panel-
would not be enough participation to allow its continuance. nature of this annual symposium, 'helped us to “differentiate between ists explore the liberal and con-
This argument is self-defeating. If there are not enough in- Tne «erm Of Middlebury’s con- purposeful analysis of serious prob- servative ways in which men are
terested students to fill the ranks of the ROTC, the program :ei-ence born on a wlnter eve ' ]6ms and * he S01 't of double talk attacking these problems in 1956 .
nr, nlnpp MiRH1 11 rv Tf from Hip Onllpp-p’s nr Dtp! 111 n S in 1942 on the road between which leads to confusion and false Conference is an opportunity to
Army’s point of view, interest is not sufficient to allow such WilUamstown and Middlebury. panaceas.” examine, criticize and weigh per
a program to exist on its own merits, there is no justification wlben claude Bourcier of the French Politics tinent facts, and ideas and accept
for its continuance. * department and Kurt Patsheck, A series of hot political Confer- reject or withhold judgment on
Student interest has it seems to US indicated that there former member of the economics ences which increased in bitterness them as we see fit. It is our chance
is a place for the program But interest and compulsion are department, were returning from a and tended to split the audience to trahscend classroom and depai
not compatible. A course offered on a voluntary basis would c01lf erence at Williams. They were along pre-conceived party lines mental lines on a level of Intel
certainly be far more successful if smaller, than a compuls- intere sted in international affairs culminated in the 1954 discussion of lectual sophistication, and to take
Ol’y course C * ’ and recognized Middleibury’s ten- "National Security and Individual stock of the thought climate of
Futhermore, the place of military training as an aca- dency t0 become provincial in out- Freedom. Judging from the topics our nation,
demic course is questionable. Certainly credits must be a i_ They had 'been impressed with — ■,
lowed for advanced military students. But the course is not I Willianis discussion of national
qualified to exist as a department compulsory for freshmen a airs ’ apd det6rmmed to brin s WllOdP lYToVf* ^
and sophomore men. a panel of a similar nature to this W UUhV iUUVC.
How, we wonder, can a liberal arts College explain ac- caaipus -
ceptance of a program which forces all qualified students to "Culture” By M ar k Hopkins | distortion and not careiessne
participate in a program which possesses not the slightest re- Since Williams had the edge on The Admissions Office has come any rate, the closest guess you
lationship to the traditional liberal arts background? Only P 01411631 topics at the time, they out with an admirably forthright can make about this particular
four courses are now offered to Middlebury men on a com- clu 'istened their brainchild the and fearless statement concerning artist is that, as a boy, he idolized
pulsory basis: English, CC, Physical Education and ROTC. " Middle bury Culture Conference”, the projected complement of Mid -1 Tom Mix. That is, he lias a cowboy
A somewhat strange core for a liberal education. Tbe 4irsfc topic under consideration dlebury’s freshman classes. Ideal-, complex.
The department has increased its influence too far in in 1943 ' vas the “Cultural Implica- ly, they will be composed of a large 1 There’S an entire group of ar
view of the number of students who benefit, voluntarily, for tl011s of ^ War "- and included central type acted upon (the state- tists—'these perhaps would have to
participation in it. It was the first department allowed to such panelists as Rockwell Kent ment says the central type will be put into the category of illus-
conduct classes during the former half-hour chapel break. a ' lc James Kearny, then secretary act, too, but it’s hard to believe) trative debaters—Who carry on
Last year when its annual review conflicted with the gen- ° the CI °- Conference speakers in by extreme minorities. running conversations. One ram
eral examination schedule, it was the latter which had to ™o re recent years ‘ have included It’s difficult, and you can't biers something like this: The
make adjustments. z°. r ° thy Canfield Fisher - Arthur blame the Admissions Office for Question: “Jimmy stinks.” Nega
ROTC at Middlebury must be recognized for what it is. Virgl1 Thompson and not doing more than it has al-j tlve: "Who says so?” Affirmative:
It is an “extra” course, not of an academic nature, and as Joln Lodge ' . ready, to define either the central “I do.” Rebuttal: "Yah?” The last
such, it has no place on a compulsory basis. Each of 11116 intervening years type or the extreme minorities, comment obviates further discus
- has had a weekend set aside on the They’re categories, and everytime j sion except for a redundant. "Yah.
academic calendar for a Conference, you make a generalization about i Would it be too naive to say that
U’Ollf Pt’Ptl PP 11516 SUibjeots discussed represent a category, It becomes a sweep- 1 this dialogue is the result of child
^ a rough graph of the matters that ing one, and there you are with 1 hood thumb sucking? '
Continued efforts during the past few weeks have been ; have most troubled the student nothing. I A member of the 104 colony has
directed at achieving an understanding and appreciation of j body over the last decade.’Many classroom survey done what you suppose to be his
the Conference topic “The New Conservatism” among the i have attempted to define such As a suggestion, however, a rep- j concept of Melville’s Queequeu in
•hich leads to confusion and false Conference is an opportunity to
anaceas.” examine, criticize and weigh per
Politics tinent facts, and ideas and accept
A series of hot political Confer- reject or withhold judgment on
Whose Move?
By Mark Hopkins | distortion and not careiessne.
The Admissions Office has come any rate, the closest guess you
such, it has no place on a compulsory basis.
Conference
Continued efforts during the past few weeks have been bave most troubled the student nothing.
directed at achieving an understanding and appreciation of j body over the last decade.'Many classroom Survey done what you suppose to be ms
the Conference topic “The New Conservatism” among the j have attempted to define such As a suggestion, however, a rep- j concept of Melville’s Queequeu in
student body. Both student and faculty Conference com- j Amerl6a n cliches as “democracy” resentative of the Admissions Of- "Moby Dick." The sketch isn'
mittees have attempted, in articles and lectures, to prepare' and “freedom', and many have flee might drop around to some quite as ominous as Melville pic
the College for the forthcoming discussions. One of the I been strictly political in nature. Classrooms for a survey of the tured the character, but nice pro
major problems encountered in last year’s forum, which : taken from current headlines, desks. There are some extreme portion, and there’ is something
apparently soared over the heads of many students - and 1 otllers ,:have lbeen of a broader and minorities writing on them. This near the head that loolts susplc
many faculty members — was a lack of understanding ne-. more philosophical type, but all suggestion is made on the grounds iously like a harpoon
cessary to appreciate the discussions. :-* that with a little pointed andi Somepne (unfortunatelyi cVery
This year, as last year, the approach implied by the T interpretation from the k ls unsigned) h iven him
Conference topic is an intellectual one rather than a po -1 Heller physchoiogy and art departments, gelf over to |Mead Memorial chnpe!
litical or topical one. Here, perhaps, is where the difficulty ; To the Editor: Admissions might be able to obtain and has done a artlcular]v _ ood
lies. The connection between political discussions and con-j Qn of the Trustees of C 0 mp f h61isive picture ° f piece of work-(again in 106) of the
Crete events is a relatively easy one to make That between ' Porter H , * LTv' ' <™< °> •*> buil<tin c . The shndo.
m el ectna! top.es and every-day hvm* is a far more d.ff.- !he Zen, hod, ^ Kn^itofnc Tn —^ “
luil one. . . , , , , my very sincere appreciation for which tlie artist worked, is es
Here, then, is where an inci eased effort toward under- the &enerous contribution recently rni:jf ,i rv . in . nc . n ’ , A 0 " 16 reV6a nR , pecially effective. Tlie antist is pro-
standing is necessary on the part of every student. Lipt rece i Vec j f rom the Middlebury col- i v ° e cr ai s • 01 I babiy best interpreted bv tlie Freu-
such understanding is of importance in every-day college life ; , connnumt* Chelt oZd Z " onlp1 '' hos e ‘ Kr! "' ca ' r » th " I dl „ ns .
as well as in relation to a Middlebury Conference One basis Annu „ ^ ^ 0 , , he hos . daTcLstes ” Zi 2M 'C!, £! There’s one member of the od-
of a liberal arts college is to establish a connection between: Dlbal llate lassies, in 206. what he , h
.1 __f_i-- _!_ rm _ U _ piKU ' . ha.tnc end vanced school vtfhos attempted the
that, with a little pointed and a , . . . ,
, , . , . .. . Someone (unfortunately, every
careful interpretation from the' . .' . ,
. . . . . . . • 1 work Is unsigned) hast given him
physchoiogy and art departments, 1 ■ : 8 .
?o the Editor: Admissions might be able to obtain
a fairly comprehensive picture of
n alf 01 the Trustees of thfe extreme minorities,
or er Hospital I wish to extend Tlie desk artists, 'whether they
0 10 su ent body as a whole, know it or not, open themselves up,
hate classics,” in 206.
self over to Mead Memorial Chape!
and has done a particularly good
piece of work (again In 106) of the
front of the buildiing. Tlie shadow
lng, considering the surface on
There’s one member of the ad-
the intellectual and concrete experience. Through this pro- 1 ’ f hates,
cess the liberal arts education gains much of its validity. It j ‘ uppor SU6 ^ yours is an m ‘ same 1
is, obviously, a more difficult process than that which must ■ sp Ia 1011 0 a ° us ’ aad wiu belp father,
take place in institutions of a vocational nature. ; ™ k6 pos f 91 * e 66a inued func-
The effort which must be expended in an attempt to ! ti ° nniB ° r f f t5ie hosp4tal in ,l16 1,1
ltaL , hates, and anyone might say the I vanced • scho ° 1 " 1ho ’ s attempted the
Support such as yours is an in- same thing, is not classics, but his 1erna1c foim, clothed. Tlie attomP’
oiratlon to all of us, and wiU help father. I may have been premature since
lake possible the continued func- Cartoonist 1 the fl ^ re ' ^ ive s you the Impression
oning of the hospital in the in- There is a second artist, more of hayln 8 merged from a dime-
lllU iii 1 urt which must uc cauchucu iji an ai/tcuiiJL tu i . . . ,. , „ w - -— F ^ 11U i n t
appreciate the Conference which begins tomorrow is, then, Jf rest <>f the people of Addison properly a cartoonist, who has done .' ldei . dev ’“l i 1 tl w
not mprelv -in exercise which is of value onlv in the context County and the town of Brandon, some nice work in 106. He special- d oped ’ amJ n0t up
of a conference. It is a process which must occupy a good ; K6npetha A ' McKinley (Mrs - John ize s in cowboys, standing at bars, ar s s P^ti^oedipus complex-
deal of the student’s effort - and his imagination - if he is; ' shooting into the air and the like.
to achieve the fullest returns for his participation in a liberal President, board of trustees There’s some distortion of the Recently engaged were Howard
arts education I Porter Hospital face and body, but it’s intendedRogers '55 to Carrol Anderson '56
Recently engaged were Howard
face and body, but it’s intendedRogers '55 to Carrol Anderson ’56
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE, MIDDLEBURY, VERMONT, MARCH 15, 1956
Hardy Scientists Brave Cold On Mission
fo Locate Bottom Profile Of Lake Pleiad
By Ann Boyer
Of those who read the Daily No¬
last week we wonder how
tices
many were as intrigued as we were
b a notice that appeared just a
yeek ago. It sounded a call for all
^ologists interested in helping sur-
ye y the Lake Pleiad bottom pro¬
file Sunday, March 11, at 9 a.m.
:o contact Dr. Woodin, assistant
professor of botany, before then.
Bottom Profile
\Ve ambled away from the bulle¬
tin board with a good stock of
questions in our head. Number one,
just what is a bottom profile? Num¬
ber two, how would one survey it?
We had visions of elaborate and
sensitive equipment for making and
perceiving echos and for measuring
angles and depths. Number three,
v hv pick on little Lake Pleiad?
And four, who would be game
enough to turn up so early Sunday
morning to participate in such’ a
mysterious and very probably chill¬
ing task.
Tantalized
Duly tantalized, we trotted over
to Warner Science at the appointed
hour for the expedition’s orientation
meeting. We found Woodin and
Gardiner Barnum ’56, in the libr¬
ary looking, not brave or myster-
iouJy scientific but calm and con¬
versational. Barnum was asking if
they would be back in time for
dinner. In a minute or two we were
joined by Seward Highly ’55, and
Gerald Lanese '55. Woodin said
Peter Howell '57 had also expressed
interest, and Nancy Herrington bi¬
ology lab assistant, had wanted to
come “if the boys would let her
work.'' No objections were raised,
and it was moved that Miss Herring¬
ton be welcomed. Woodin also had
heard from Leroy Knight, assistant
business manager, that he was in¬
terested in the lake.
i
So our last question was ans¬
wered first: two students, two alum¬
ni, two faculty members, and one
officer of the administration had
volunteered.
Without fanfare or preamble,
Woodin said he had put 30 stakes
in the lake the previous Sunday,
50 feet apart. “Later we’ll have an
air photo of the area,’’ he said,
"but for now we’ll have to base
our stakes on a true north-south
line. He guessed the depth of the
lake to be about 160 feet but said
he had heard a, local rumor that it
was over 300 feet deep. He said he
had bought 400 feet of twisted-twill
line.
Speculation
The group began to speculate
about what to use for weight. Auto¬
mobile parts, lead pipe, and win-
dow-sash weights were suggested.
The final decision was a resolution
to search certain fraternity houses
and college buildings, but not, on
account of the weather, junk yards.
Woodin advised everyone to bring
a shovel, not only for work, but
low in spots. “But” he dismissed
it, “if the springs are 400 feet down
there’d be no effect and if they’re
six feet down you’d bounce right
back up through the hole.”
Pleiad
Why. pick on Lake Pleiad for a
bottom profile plotting? What is the
interest in that little pond at the
foot of the Snow Bowl chute? For
one thing, this survey is, by discov¬
ering problems, to be a test run
for a survey the Vermont Fish and
Game Service wants done on Lake
Horton a.
Knight is interested in it be-
to park with, and as many picks as I cause the college might sometime
possible. Our visions for elaborate
oceanographic apparatus were fad¬
ing rapidly.
Procedure
He outlined the procedure, saying
he thought they could expect about
two feet of snow and three feet of
ice. He thought one man could
clear a patch of snow around each
stake, then two or three men
could “pick” down one or one and
a half feet and then use the ice
auger the rest of the way. “With
money enough,” Woodin said, “we
could use a starting motor and an
electric auger.” Lanese began spec¬
ulation on the use of a 110-volt gen¬
erator he knew of and a Mountain
Club toboggan, but the group de¬
cided there would not be enough
time to rig it up.
Woodin advised all to wear snow
shoes or skis to minimize the dan¬
ger of falling through and pointed
out the use of the auger was part¬
ly a safety measure since very few
people would fall through an auger-
hole. He mentioned the theory of
James Walling '56, that warm
springs might make the ice shal-
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17 Upper Church Street Burlington, Vermont
want to develop Lake Pleiad as a
trout-farm, in which case they
might want to poison the blood¬
suckers, and poisoning would neces¬
sitate knowing the volume of water
in the pond.
Lab Station
Also, Woodin said, he hopes to
learn enough about the lake to be
able to use It as a lab station for
his ecology classes. Assistant Pro¬
fessor of Biology Robert Chute
would also like to use the pond in
his proposed class in invertebrates.
We mused ont the possibility of
conflict here 'between the anti-leech
trout-farmers and the pro-leech in¬
vertebrate students.
House Averag'
es
Blood Program
Are Released
Set For March 19
Blood drawing will take place
I* os.
Sororities
Average
for the second time this year on
1 .
Sigma Kappa
82.88
March 19 from 11 a.m. to 4:30
2.
Delta Delta Delta
82.52
p.m. in McCullough Gymnasium,
3.
Pi Beta Phi
8224
Jean Bisett said this week. The
Total Sororities
81.78
Burlington unit of the American
Total Women
81.56
Red Cross will be here for the
4.
Neutral Women
81.34
drawing, Miss Bisett stated.
5.
Kappa Kappa
Students under 21 are reminded
-
Gamma
81.33
that signed permission blanks must
6.
Alpha Xi Delta
81.12
be presented before donations can
7.
Kappa Delta
77.72
be made. Permissions made out for
Total Meh and
:the first drawing are not ac¬
Women
77.72
ceptable for the current drive, Miss
Pos.
Fraternities
Average
Bisett stated.
1 .
Phi Sigma
77.04
Dormitory and fraternity rep¬
2.
Alpha Tau Omega
76.91
resentatives will distribute the
3.
Kappa Delta Rho
76.70
blanks which must be signed before
4.
Atwater dub
76.66
a donation can be accepted accord¬
5.
Alpha Sigma Psi
75.87
ing to Miss Bisett. The need for
6.
Delta Upsilon
75.57
blood remains great and students
7.
Neutral Men
75.55
are urged to donate, Miss Bisett
Total Men
75.11
said.
8.
Delta Kappa Epsilon 75.00
Total Fraternities
74.93
9.
Chi Psi
74.35
HOLIDAY HILL
10.
Sigma Phi Epsilon
73.45
11.
Phi Kappa Tau
72.42
Between Midd & Brandon
12.
Theta Chi
71.54
j % mile West of Route 7
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ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS
Modern Linen and Laundry Service, Inc.
of RUTLAND VERMONT
Announces That All Linen will Be Exchanged at the Following Locations
for the Following Year
WOMEN — Side Door of Forest East
Fridays from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
MEN — Basement of Painter
Fridays from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
THE VERMONT BOOK SHOP
urges all students to attend the Middlebury Conference.
You’ll find it challenging, stimulating, and may make you
want to buy a book.
Books by Conference Speakers (available at The Vermont Book Shop)
Gordon Keith Chalmers: The Republic and the Person, $4.00
William O. Douglas: We the Judges, $6.00
An Almanac of Liberty, $5.50
North from Malaya, $3.95
Max Lerner: Actions and Passions. $3.50
Clinton L. Rossiter: Conservatism in America, $4.00
Constitutional Dictatorship, $5.00 ^
The First American Revolution, $1.25
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When Salomon Levy came to General
Electric in 1953, he already knew the kind
of work he wanted to do. Like each of our
25,000 college-graduate employees, he was
given his chance to grow and realize his full
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Levy’s Work Interesting, Vital
To study this problem of heat transfer,
G.E. recently constructed a heat-transfer sys¬
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duced in a reactor, it is possible to determine
the maximum rate at which heat can be re¬
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Dr. Levy conceived the Idea of building
this complex system, designed it and super¬
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works with this system to study new prob¬
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25,000 College Graduates at General Electric
An atomic reactor running at full efficiency
creates a tremendous amount of heat in its
core. By removing this heat and putting it to
work boiling water to make steam, atom-
made electricity is produced.
One of the men responsible for designing
new, more efficient ways to remove beat from
atomic reactors is 29-year-old Doctor Salo¬
mon Levy — Design Analysis supervisor in
the Atomic Power Equipment Department’s
Reactor Engineering Unit.
Sororities Pledge 65 Per Cent Of Freshmen Women
Rushing for the six sororities at
Middlebury which began February
6 came to a close on Sunday March
11 with a total of 91 freshmen
women or 65 percent of the class
accepting bids. The quota for each
sorority was set at 19.
Alpha Xi Delta; Carolyn Hicks,
Mlary Hubbard, Sally Sprague, Ju¬
dith Strang, and Susan Tallman.
Delta Delta Delta pledged Virginia
Aretz, Susan Benham, Eleanor
Bliss, Alice Britain, Barbara Burch,
Barbara Freeman, Maren Glasoe,
Cynthia Haver, Ruth Haynes,
Carolyn Kuebler, Deborah Larra-
bee, Granthia Lavery, Hester Lewis,
Suzanne Lucas, Barbara Samson,
Kay Shook. Sharon Spade, Carolyn
Thrasher, and Sue Wallace.
Kappa Delta pledges include
Louise Allen, Deborah Bruce, Kat¬
hleen Bush, Nancy Frame, Gayla
Harper, Rebecca Link, Erika Mim-
no, Susan Miner, Janet Moreau,
Carol Schraft, and Sally Williams.
Kappa Kappa Gamma gave
pledges to Eleanor Bennett, Eliza¬
beth Butterfield, Helen Fitzger¬
ald, Martha Gerhart, Cynthia Hall,
Marylee Hancock, Ailene Kane,
Jeanette McIntosh, Gail Maxwell,
Tevts Morse, Sally Newell, Janet
Nightengale, Pamela ■' Payne, Caro¬
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line Pring, Elizabeth Shillingford,
Prudence Smart, Judith Stoesser,
Dorothy Williams, and Jo Arm Wit-
mer.
Pi Beta Phi pledged Martha By¬
bee, Noel Oaseley, Dorothy Dever,
Harriet Falls, Mary Hinsman,
Gretchen Jordan, Dorothy Landry,
Martha Larson, Elizabeth Layer,
Nancy McKnight, Ann Martin,
Elizabeth Mix, Mary Moore, Lucy
Paine, Judith Seibert, Patricia
Sherlock, Carol Sipple, Nancy
Smaller, and Sarah Wagner. Sigma
Kappa pledges are Jane Adiwin,
Norda Carlson, Cynthia Crehore,
Millicent Fairhurst, Priscilla Fer¬
guson, Rebecca Gettens, Sandra
Grant, Barbara Hart, Oberlyn Hic-
kcox, Evelyn Hill, Phyllis Leach,
Kathryn Lichty, Shirley Manches¬
ter, Helen Rasche, Ann Truenne,
Eleanor Vinke, Judith Webster,
and Ruth Wininger.
First Semester Deans ’ List
Honors 115 Women, 28 Men
Deans’ List for first semester
1955-56 includes 143 students, 115
of whom are women, and 28 men.
Among the women, the class of
1956 had the largest representation
with 42! for the men, the class of
1957 is top with 11.
1956 men: Alexander Crowder, Al¬
an Entine, William Fay, Clark Mc-
Cutcheon, Walter Mears, John
Murray, Robert Santomenna, Joel
Sherburne, Arvin Trewett.
1956 women: Charlotte Alexander,
Carrol Anderson, Lynne Atherton,
Jean Bisett, Elaine Bliss, Lucy Boyd,
Wendy Buehr, Ann Case, Catherine
Corrigan, Beth Davis, Margaret
Dickie, (Mildred Duncan, Barbara
Esty, Leila Goodrich, Marcia Han¬
son, Sandra Harden, Judith Hast¬
ings, Zane Hickcox, Jane Hoge, Ju¬
dith Holmes, Gretchen Kraatz, Shir¬
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What young people are doing at
Young engineer
works on new ways
to remove heat
from atomic reactors
ley McMahon, Susan Mansfield
Penny Martin, Gail Moore, ^ ’
Moulton, Darlene Nelson, ' H] 15
Neuse, Meredith Parsons,’ Ju ^
Phelps, Joan Rehe, Anne Ri ce , Sll2 U
anne Sharpe, Sarah Smith, s'hirle'
Smith, Lisbeth Spoerri, Jeaii Squhe
Helen Starr, Joanna Strother Sail •
Thomson, Leigh Updike, Barbar!
Worfolk.
1957 men: Charles Canedy, Shel¬
don Dean, Derek Evans, Allen Haw'-
thorne, Norman Ingham, Robert
Lewandoski, William McMurray
Ronald Melgier, George Sargent’
Frederick Wells, Robert Witte°
1957 women: Diana Austin, Pam¬
ela Clark, Karen Dooley, Jean For-
kel, Sylvia Griswold, Lois Guernsey
Frances Hall, Lee Hall, Gretchen
Heide, Dorothy Hfebert, Diane Hil¬
debrand, Judith Holmes, Mabel
Hoyt, Lee Johnson, Martha John¬
son, Patricia Judah, Patricia Kane
Kathleen Platt, Patricia Quinlan,’
Geraldine Raymond, Catherine
Rock, Joanne Sargent, Carol Van-
Duyn, Maxine Vought, Barbara Wil¬
son.
1958 men: David Broadhead, Rich¬
ard Gold, David Krugman, Richard
Woodworth.
1958 women: Ann Andruss, Dor¬
othy Bigelow, Elaine Brzezenski,
Lucile Carpenter, Jane Coutant,’
Susan Daniell, Helen Dickey, Lin¬
da Durfee, Lucia Grant, Leslie Kee-
bler, Alice Kenney, Carol Marsteller,
Linda Mayer, Janet Miller, Mary
Roemmele, Roberta Sanderson, De¬
borah West, Katharine Williams,
Sandra Willson.
1959 men: Robert Luce, Lewis
Parker, Bruce Phinney, Frederick
Swan.
1959 women: Virginia Aretz, Mary
Jane Baird, Ann Biggar, Jean Bybee,
Dorothy Dever, Millicent Fairhurst,
Helen FitzGerald, Alice Frail, Mar¬
tha Gerhart, Anne Goebel, Mary¬
lee Hancock, Barbara Hart, Mary
Hinsman, Ailene Kane, Granthia
Lavery, Anne Martin, Barbara Mit¬
chell, Annabelle Nisbet, Carolyn
Parks, Patricia Sherlock, Sarah
Wagner, Anne Weston, Judith Web¬
ster, Ruth Wininger, Jo Ami Wit-
mer.
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE, MIDDLEBURY, VERMONT, MARCH 15, 1956
5
Viola White, Of Abernethy Library Fame,
plans A Homey Retirement In Middlebury
Students Confess In Faculty Incident
The six told Thurfcer. they had
entered the apartment by mistake.
They said they had been seeking
another apartment. They added
that they had believed Mrs. Fusaro
to be a resident of the apartment
they sought, and said they thought
she was merely trying to “get rid’’
of them.
(Continued from Rage 1)
two who remained, still fighting to
hold the first man.
Fusaro said the porch light had
been turned on, and during the
struggle outside he saw the face of
the man he was holding. He stated
he believed the man was from the
College, and said he could positively
identify him. Because of this he
said, and because of the struggle
put up by the second man, he re¬
leased his hold on the invader and"
the two assailants fled.
Thurber quoted an unidentified
passerby as stating that he saw
several men on the street ouside the
apartment house, and stated that
another unidentified observer re¬
ported he saw a car nearby and
could identify it by description and
registration. Alan Chandler, cam¬
pus policeman, investigated, and
said he found the car allegedly
used by the invaders on the campus.
By Jane Countant
“Won’t you sign the visitors’
book?” asked Dr. Viola White, as
we entered the austere little office
t0 tire left of the Abernethy Room.
“So many interesting people have,
signed it—here Is W. H. Auder’s
signature, and Perry Miller's and
Robert Frost’s.” Meeting and talk¬
ing with significant persons in the
literary field, with scholars who
u se the Abernethy collection in
their work, has beenv one of the
most vital aspects of Viola C.
White’s 30 years as curator of the
Abernethy (Room, and is one of the
tilings she will miss when she re¬
tires in July.
“Homey”
“My retirement is going to be
exceedingly homey and unroman¬
tic. I plan to stay here in Middle¬
bury for a while and have an
apartment with a kitchenette.
I've been eating on the hill for 30
years! So, while others are wan¬
dering, I shall be concentrating on
a cookbook!” Dr. White pleasant¬
ly responded to our question of
plans for the future.
Foremost in her dreams is a trip
to Chapel Hill, North Carolina,
where she worked on her Ph. D.;
she wishes to be able to have the
time to enjoy the countryside in
that area. There are many other
things she wants to do, such as
being able to be out of doors a
great deal more (“something that
means, more to me than any tilling
else”) and spending more time on
her interest In nature, especially
birdwatohing.
American Literature
Her interest in American litera¬
ture was Initiated as an under¬
graduate Latin and English litera¬
ture major at Wellesley, when she
became aware of the possibilities
in that field. She received her M. A.
at Columbia University and re¬
ceived her Pli. D. from the Uni-
vei.ity of North Carolina for a
dissertation on “The Symbolism in
the Writings of Herman Melville,”
a subject explored very little at
that time. Recently, Dr. Lawrence
Thompson of Princeton University,
has added two copies of her work to
the Princeton library for student
reference.
Social Work
Social work in (Boston occupied
several years before she assumed
her present position with Middle¬
bury College. “I must have been
the least adept worker they ever
had,” she recalls, “'but when we
graduated from college, the goal
of duty was social work, It was
something just crying to be done,
and there was a great deal of en¬
thusiasm for it, especially with the
example set by such people as Jane
Addams.”
She has traveled In Europe, but
a trip to the Southwest meant as
much to her as seeing the old
civilization, for she was extremely
fascinated with the Pueblo In¬
dians. “Since I’ve come to Middle¬
bury, I’ve been pretty regional, how¬
ever,” she says.
Poetry was her first major liter¬
ary love, and she has published
several volumes, notably one in the
Yale Series of Younger Poets,
“Horizons,” and two others, ‘‘Blue
Forests” and “Not Faster Than A
Walk.” Over the years, she has
turned more to prose, and has
written a series of articles, several
of which have been published in
the “Atlantic Monthly.” Most re¬
cently, her articles have been na¬
ture-oriented, arising out of her
interest in wildlife.
“I have never been very com¬
placent about anything I’ve writ¬
ten,” she says, “especially the poe¬
try—after all, when one’s anthill
is such a very small anthill. . .” And
we left thinking it might be very
fine to have one of just that size.
Library To Close
The College Library will be clos¬
ed on Saturday afternoon, March
17, for the conference.
Faculty Play
Tickets for the annual faculty
play, to be presented by the Cos¬
mos Club March 21 and 22 at 8:15
p.m.. are on sale at $1 for adults
and 50 cents tor children. Tickets
tor the play, “Our Town,” may be
purchased at the Vermont Book
Shop, Case’s Gift Shop, the Col¬
lege Book Store, and from William
Trask.
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MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE, MIDDLEBURY, VERMONT, MARCH 15, 1956
Cummings Finishe
1st In Ski Jumn
WITH Wl *MB or U'HTIH SPOKTt
BUNKOAE SEftSOK CWN'T It TOO
FAW Off.
| trary to regular practice, was not
run against the clock. Instead, the
skiers raced each other on identical
Courses laid out side by side by
Middlebury’s Bobo Sheehan at the
1 Spruce Park area.
The surprise showing of the day
| was provided by the Panther’s
j Marcel Cote who usually concen¬
trates more on the Nordic events
of cross country and jumping. Cote
pressed Igaya hard in the second
heat and gave the crowd of some
400 skiing fans an unexpected
thrill.
Middlebury’s skiers leave this
Saturday for Colorado a nd the
NCAA championships which are
scheduled for Saturday and Sun¬
day, March 24 and 25th at the
I Winter Park ski area. The fact
I that they are flying out means
Middlebury’s Norm Cummings
won the Class A jumping event at
the Pineland Ski'Club’s 28th An¬
nual Winter Carnival, held at An¬
dover, Maine, last weekend.
The Panther jumping ace put to¬
gether leaps of 138 and 135 feet to
compile 133.3 points. Roger Dion of
the Lebanon, N. H. Outing Club
took the Class B title soaring 141
and 136 feet for 135.5 points.
Lahdenpera Third
Pete Lahdenpera, freshman cross
country specialist for Bob Beat-
tie’s skiers, finished third in the
Class B event.
Les Streeter, former Middlebury
four event great, gave Dartmouth’s
Chic Igaya a run for his money
as the two former Olympians led
a field of 16 slalom skiers in the
Mt. Mansifield Ski Club Winter
Carnival slalom race run at Stowe,
Vt. Igaya finished just ahead of
Streeter in the event which, con-
Sykes, Marlow To Capt,
1956-57 Cage, Hockey Te
BASKETBALL
Won 14 - Lost 7
Dartmouth
Union
St. Lawrence
Harvard
AIC
•Colby
•Harvard
•Brown
Coast Guard
Vermont
St. Michael's
Williams
Norwich
Trinity
Clarkson
Vermont
Wesleyan
St. Michael's
Northeastern
RPI
Norwich
By Don Lawton
With the conclusion of the hockey
and basketball campaigns, elections
were held to choose next winter’s
captains for each team. Hugh Mar¬
low and Charlie Sykes were the re¬
spective choices for the two posi¬
tions.
Sykes has been one of Tony Lu-
pien’s stalwart court performers for
the past three years. As a freshman,
he was a starter and teamed with
Middlebury’s all-time high scorer,
Sonny Dennis, to pace the Pan¬
thers. For iris outstanding work in
basketball and track coupled with
his strength of character and sch¬
olastic ability, he received the Blue
Key award at the conclusion of his
freshman year.
A year ago, his fine floor play
and added scoring punch helped to
lead the Lupienmen to one of the
fine records in the school’s his¬
tory. In track, as a sophomore,
Sykes teamed with Bill Holmes and
Art Meserve to give the track squad
a solid threesome in the hurdles.
necessity to compensate for a lack
of height. The loss of Middlebury’s
great rebounder and leading scorer,
Tom Hart coupled with the added
departure of high-scoring senior
forward Cy Anfindsen and equally
dependable John Hoops would
hamper the Panthers. "It is hoped
that incoming freshmen will pro¬
vide aid in replacing the graduat¬
ing seniors. . .. ^
Marlow, from Brookrine, Mass.,
attended Milton Academy where he
excelled in football, tennis, and
hockey. As a freshman he was a
member of the Panther varsity hoc¬
key squad. Last season he stood out
as a forward lineman exhibiting
some fine scoring ar.d skating abi¬
lity.
This season Hugh started out
the campaign once again as one of
Duke’s top offensive men. At mid¬
season, after damaging injuries to
defensivemen, Jerry 'Lenz and Bill
Ryan, it became necessary to move
Marlow to a defensive spot. Ac¬
quitting himself in fine style, he
Injuries , Loss Of Key Men
Hamper Middlebury Sextet
'New England Tourney
INDIVIDUAL SCORING
G KG FT TI* AVG.
21 125 82 332 15.8
21 105 84 294 14.0
21 95 47 237 11.4
21 83 49 215 10.2
21 53 17 133 6.3
21 18 ,24 60 2.9
18 18 11 47 2.6
15 5 13 23 1.5
9 4 11 19 2.1
1,0 3 2 8 0.8
5 1 0 2 0.4
21 516 340 1372 65.3
21 456 394 1306 62.2
By Joe Mohbat
Looking back over the 1955-56
hockey season, Coach Duke Nelson
stated that he was quite pleased
with the effort turned in by the
team, a 10-11 record, taking into
consideration the bad breaks in the
injury department and one of the
toughest schedules the team has
ever played.
“We were undoubtedly playing in
the fastest league in the East,”
said Duke, “and we added to our
schedule for the first time Michi¬
gan State, and played Harvard for
tfhe first time since 1930. The auto
accident that took the life of goalie
Buff Bennas and cost us the serv¬
ices of defensemen Jerry Lenz and
Bill Ryan put a severe crimp in
our plans, but the boys fought
these setbacks as well as anyone
could have wanted.”
Northeastern Game Ilighpoint
Hart
Sykes-
Hoops
Anfindsen
Wagner
Greer
Woodbury
Rausa
Urbach
Evans
Burr
Total
Opp. Total
| The season, prefaced by the
! squad’s first full-length practice
I period on its own artificial ice,
1 started off with three straight de¬
feats at the hands of three very
strong opponents, Michigan State,
RPI and Harvard. This was im¬
mediately followed by the tragic
aocident early in tlie morning of
December thirteenth, an accident
i which could have hurt the team
psychologically for quite a while.
However, after the cancellation of
the game with Boston University
the following night, the high point
of the season for Duke came Sat¬
urday morning, when the boys had
just returned from the funeral and
took the ice against a powerful
Northeastern team at Boston Gar¬
den. The Panthers trounced the
Huskies that day, 11-4, with Cap¬
tain Ronnie O’Keefe snaring four
goals.
I That was the beginning of a six-
game winning streak, as Christ¬
mas vacation was followed by five
straight wins over Montreal. (6-3':
Dartmouth (2-0>: Hamilton (9-2):
Williams (10-2) and Norwich f4-2>.
The streak was snapped in a dis¬
appointing game at West Point,
which the Cadets won, 2-1 in over¬
time, and following that game the
Panthers could win but four of
their eleven remaining games.
With a few breaks, thought Nel¬
son, the 7-6 loss at Yale might
have gone the other way. As far as
the rest of the schedule was con¬
cerned, the record was pretty much
what he had expected, except that
he had been hoping for^a possible
split with RPI, until the Engineers
won the game at Middlebury, 7-4,
in December.
HOCKEY
Won 10 - Lost 11
Michigan State
Montreal AAA
RPI
Harvard
Northeastern
Dartmouth
Hamilton
Williams
Norwich
U. S. M. A
St. Lawrence
Clarkson
Amherst
Clarkson
Norwich
Dartmouth
.Williams
R P I
St. Lawrence
Yale
Hamilton
Hugh Marlow
Charlie Sykes
Under the present ruling, ..the athletic council, representing the
college will award to each winner of the varsity “M” in all intercol¬
legiate sports a block chenille letter, white on a blue background,
and approximately five by seven inches in size. On the other hand,
the MUA, representing the f student body alone, will give to eacli
winner of three “M” awards a letter sweater similar to, but cheaper
in cost, than the sweater received formally by all “major” sport
letter winners.
Triple Purpose Achieved
A triple purpose is achieved by these two decisions. Each “M”
award winner, no matter what the sport, will now receive recogni¬
tion from the College for his achievements. Secondly, the letter
sweater award is placed at a much higher premium for an athlete
must triple his qualifications in order to receive ;onc. Thirdly, the
financial problem faced by the MUA of not being able to award a
sweater to every Varsity “M” winner is solved. Everyone will not
be satisfied, but at least a definite basis for recognition by both the
College and the student body has been established.
Hockey Tidbits
Duke Nelson, chairman of the Eastern selection committee for the
15156 NCAA Intercollegiate Hockey Championships, will accompany
the two eastern representatives, St. Lawrence and Boston College,
to Colorado Springs where they battle Michigan and Michigan
lech for the national title. . .Gary Kearns. RPI forward and the
smallest man in intercollegiate hockey, edged Clarkson’s Eddie
Kowe by a single point for the eastern scoring title. Kearns com¬
piled 58 points on 26 goals and 32 assists as compared to Rowe’s
57 point total. . .Rowe also appeared in three more games than did
Kearns. . .Only Jack McManus of Michigan Tech, with 50 points at
present, has a definite shot at the national scoring crown and needs
only 9 points in his remaining four games to edge out Kearns. . .
Collectively, the four Tri-State League members won all but five
or 40 games played with eastern opponents outside the league once
again proving their supremacy in this part of the country. (Hockey
Newsletter. Troy, N. Y.)
This past hoop campaign Sykes soon showed great ability as a de-
was second in scoring ar.d rebound- fensive operator. When Rollie
ing and registered the individual Sehoop was declared ineligible the
single game high c-f the season Brookline junior teamed with Jim
with twenty-six points in the Wil- Witham to give the tough luck
lianas tilt. Overall, the Baltimore, Midd defense some good play.
Md., junior racked Tip 294 points : Next year's captain stressed the
for an average of 14 per game. joss of several key men on this year’s
S. kes stated that he thought next team, but he stated that he thought
season would be one where a great the return of Lenz ar.d Ryan would
deal of team hustle would be a help.
And after the shut'
(Continued on Page 7)
Twenty-Five Win
Varsity M Awards
7% f • I 1 \\' A A on t'aeir own court. Green Moun-
IVIlClCl \\ to n was also among the cona-
„ _ , poting teams. Middlebury’s swim-
Bv Gerry Raymond ^ b „ ,
r.iers. facing the indoor, winter-
Middlebury s women skie.s came ... a j nec j aquawomen of Skidmore,
through in she form of Debby ca nae within four points of a win
Dav s .0 placed first in the j n that division, in sp te of their
dc vnlailr, fif h in the slalom, and i ac fc Q f facilities with which lo
third in the combined for the practice.
Eastern Women's Championship Meanwhile back at McCullough,
Ski Event'. Alita Davis was injur- Milicent Fairhurst canae out of the
ed on this trip. table tennis tourney with first place
Elsewhere in the realm of wem- honors, followed by Rcbi Andrau,
en’s sports, the junior basketball also a freshman, as runner up.
team journeyed to Skidmore, to re- The freshman first basketball
turn with a record of two wins, team, with forwards Tevis Morse,
over Russell Sage and Mt. Holyoke, Barb Sampson, Milicent Fairhurst,
and one loss, to the home team, and Grannie Lavery and guards
in last weekend's basketball play- Lou Beckman, Dottie Steinmetz,
day hich was taken by Skidmore j (Continued on Page 7)
At its regular monthly meeting
last Wednesday’, the athletic coun¬
cil approved the following as re¬
cipients of the “M',’ award in bas¬
ketball and hockey.
Basketball: Thomas Hart, Char¬
les Sykes, Cyrus Anfindsen, John
Hoops, James Wagner, Ralph Wood¬
bury, Scott Greer, Rosario Rausa.
James Evans, and Robert Rice,
manager.
Hockey: Ronald O'Keefe, Mal¬
colm Binning, David Kunzmann,
Fyfe Dollar, Ronald Schopp, Ken¬
dall Farrar, Hugh Marlow, Alex
Carley, Bo Wakefield, George Bo.st-
wick, James Witham, Ken Kouri,
Michael Karin, Norman Kerr, and
Tony Robinson, manager.
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE, MIDDLEBURY, VERMONT, MARCH 15, 1956
7
The outlook for next season
seems fair-, though the loss through
graduation of O’Keefe, Binning,
Fyfe Dollar and Dave Kunzmann
will hurt. The younger players
showed up well and developed
quickly this winter, and Duke was
pleased with the performance of
Karin. Ken Farrar will be back in
the nets, an encouraging thought,
and a tentative first line would
consist of Kouri, Bostwick and
Karin. Captain Marlow and Lenz
should handle most of the defen¬
sive duties, with Ryan and Kerr
available for duty.
Hockey
INDIVIDUAL SCORING
G A PTS.
O’Keefe 17 13 30
Karin 10 16 26
Kouri 10 10 20
Bostwick 8 10 18
Carley 8 5 13
Binning 5 7 12
Kunzmann 4 6 10
Dollar, F. 5 5 10
Wakefield 4 3 7
Schopp 246
Marlow 4 2 6
Wltham 2 2 4
Dollar, K. ' 112
Kerr Oil
Total B0 85 165
,ie f»nal minute wrren Sig Ep net¬
ted t their fourth marker. Smith,
Keating, Phillips, and Bob Widen
.id hit for the champs. Mears and
Jd Martin scored for DKE.
The Rest
The rest of the league finished
up as DU whipped ASP, 2-1, and
also dropped PKT, 3-1. PKT also
lost tQ CP. 4-1.
, DKE finished off a tie game
with CP last week, the final score
being Dekes 1-CP O. “Tub” Kern
got the Deke’s goal in this one.
The Chipsies, also involved in an
earlier tie with TC, won that one
2-1 behind Bricken and Haywood.
(Continued from Page 6)
out victory' at Hanover, it seemed
as if Middlebury might sweep
Dartmouth, but the Carnival game
went to the Indians, 6-3.
The loss of defenseman Rollie
Schopp through ineligibility at the
beginning of February further
damaged the squad’s chances, as
Schopp was something of a take-
charge man on the team. After his
departure from the hockey scene,
Nelson had to juggle Jim Witham
and Hugh Marlow, sometime^
dropping Mac Binning back td the
defense spot, and for the last few
games pushing Witham up to
center and dropping O’Keefe back
with Marlow. The season ended
before he could find the perfect
combination, however, and he said
that had the full squad that start¬
ed the season gone all the way,
the wins would definitely htave
outnumbered the losses.
place, Erbe (CP) and Smith (SPE)
finished behind him.
Finally in the Giant Slalom,
Bry cf ASP zoomed through for
1st place with Shane Webber
(DKE) coming second and Chief
Justice Houghton picking up third.
In talking to some of the judges
I was told Carl Brautigam had a
very good slalom run and might
have had an outside chance to
win, had it not been for the fact
that he missed 7 gates.
Sig Eps Champs
In the hockey league, the Sig
Eps won their third straight time.
SPE knocked off DKE 4-2 in a
tight contest which was 3-2 until be drawn up next week.
By Wayne Williamson
Middlebury turned into a sort
0 f Vermont Cortina as the 1956
intramural ski meet took place two
weekends ago. Representatives from
all the houses were present at the
Snow Bowl to watch and partici¬
pate in this annual classic. As a
matter of fact this reporter even
ventured from the warmth of Gif¬
ford to see the boys ski.
Chi P&i took the ski title again
this year, after just edging out
ASP who was piloted by their non-
Ikiing coach Hugh Van Zelm. Af¬
ter CP and ASP came SPE, DU,
KDR, and TC finishing in that
order. CP, with a first in the
jump, 3rd in the slalom and a
2nd in the cross country, compiled
276.9G points for the trophy.
Parsons Skimelster
Fred Parsons (KDR) sometimes
known as the Master of a Thou¬
sand Disguises, had his Tony
Sailer face on as he won the Ski-
meister award, also for the second
straight year. Parsons had a 4th
in the cross country, 5th in the
giant slalom and a 3rd in the
jump to give him enough points
to beat out Bry of ASP for the
title.
As far as the rest of the indi¬
vidual awards go, Verne Gray of
DU had a total distance of 44 feet
to win the jump, with Howe (ATO)
and Parsons (KDR) following.
Peterson Cops X-County
In the cross country, Milt Peter¬
son (SPE) hit the wax for 1st
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MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE, MIDDLEBURY, VERMONT, MARCH 15, 1956
Jacob Lawrence Creates Painting During
Lisle Fellowships
Group studies in the Phillippines,
British Summer Schools
Study of Shakespeare at Strat-
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A Two Hour Lecture And Demonstration
By Kathleen Platt
A painting was born in Carr Hall
Sunday night, while some 150 on¬
lookers watched with absorption
and mixed emotions.
Jacob Lawrence, one of America’s
foremost contemporary painters,
came to Middlebury as tihe fourth
program of the College’s concert-
lecture season.
After a few informal remarks,
Lawrence turned to his work for the
evening, a blank piece of paper. He
assured his viewers that he had
nothing more definite in mind than
the subject matter for his paint¬
ing—"Masquerade Ball”—and that
the picture would be created as he
went along.
The first question an artist must
ask himself hr painting, he ex¬
plained, is “What do I want to say
about my subject?” Dining the next
two houm Lawrence went on to
answer that question in terms of
design, color and movement.
Although he tried to isolate for
his audience the process of creating
a painting, the artist explained that
these become second nature with
experience. The particular picture
components of which the layman
is aware become submerged in the
unity of the painting in the eyes
of the artist.
Generally speaking, though, Law¬
rence determines composition first,
then distributes color, always keep¬
ing in mind the message he wishes
to convey. The next step is that , a particular line or color brought
of filling in details, strengthening \ him back to his role of lecturer,
design and creating the feeling of j The process of painting is one of t
the painting. He stressed the value ] constant decisions, he asserted,
of attenuation, that is, holding | Matters such as the handling of a I
back on the drawing to conserve 1 theme of color or design must oe
creative energy for the painting . decided quickly while the artist ls’|
itself. 1 at work. The audience found itself
Lawrence began by sketching with ! craning their necks in an attempt
a few deft strokes the suggestion -f I to second-guess Lawrence’s next de- j
composition—two dancing figures ! cision.
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and several mask-like shapes. With
this to go on, he began the process
of underpainting in » 'poster paint
wash.
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he was asked whether there was
anything about the painting which
bothered him. After a moment’s
consideration, he admitted that
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his work, seemingly oblivious of the
audience behind him. Occasional
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